[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1098 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1098

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an annual report by 
 the Secretary of Defense on the military capabilities of the People's 
                           Republic of China.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 1999

   Mr. Ney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an annual report by 
 the Secretary of Defense on the military capabilities of the People's 
                           Republic of China.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY CAPABILITIES OF THE PEOPLE'S 
              REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 23 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 486. Military capabilities of People's Republic of China: annual 
              report
    ``(a) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress, 
not later than February 1 each year, a report on the future pattern of 
military modernization of the People's Republic of China. Each such 
report shall be submitted in both classified and unclassified form and 
shall address both the probable course of military-technological 
development in the People's Liberation Army and the development of 
Chinese military strategy and operational concepts.
    ``(b) Matters To Be Included.--Each report under subsection (a) 
shall include analyses and forecasts of the following:
            ``(1) Trends that would lead the People's Republic of China 
        toward advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 
        capabilities, either through a development program or by 
        gaining access to commercial or third-party systems with 
        militarily significant capabilities.
            ``(2) Efforts by the People's Republic of China to develop 
        highly accurate and low-observable ballistic and cruise 
        missiles, and the investments in infrastructure that would 
        allow for production of such weapons in militarily significant 
        quantities, particularly in numbers sufficient to conduct 
        attacks capable of overwhelming projected defense capabilities 
        in the region.
            ``(3) Development by the People's Republic of China of 
        enhanced command and control networks, particularly those 
        capable of battle management that would include long-range 
        precision strikes.
            ``(4) Programs of the People's Republic of China involving 
        unmanned aerial vehicles, particularly those with extended 
        ranges or loitering times.
            ``(5) Exploitation by the People's Republic of China of the 
        Global Positioning System or other similar systems, including 
        commercial land surveillance satellites, for significant 
        military purposes, including particularly for increasing the 
        accuracy of weapons or the situational awareness of operating 
        forces.
            ``(6) Development by the People's Republic of China of 
        capabilities for denial of sea control, such as advanced sea 
        mines or improved submarine capabilities.
            ``(7) Continued development by the People's Republic of 
        China of follow-on forces, particularly those capable of rapid 
        air or amphibious assault.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``486. Military capabilities of People's Republic of China: annual 
                            report.''.
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